blessé, -e, part., wounded, hurt, diseased.
blesser, v.a., to wound, to cut, to hurt, to pinch, to offend, to injure, to grate, to fret, to wring, to shock, to gall. Cela me blesse; that hurts me. Mes souliers me blessent; my shoes pinch me. Cette phrase blesse l’oreille; that sentence grates upon the ear. — la vue; to offend the eye. — les oreilles chastes; to offend chaste ears. — l’honneur de quelqu’un; to wound any one’s honor. — les convenances; to offend against propriety.
se blesser, v.r., to hurt or cut one’s self; to take offense.
blessure, n.f., wound, cut, hurt. Les —s faites à l’honneur; the wounds inflicted upon one’s honor. Gratification pour —; (milit.) smart-money. Coups et —s; aggravated assault.
blet, -te, adj., (fruit) soft, sleepy. Poire blette; sleepy pear.
blète or blette, n.f., (bot.) blite, strawberry-spinach; kind of amaranth, flower-gentle.
bleu, -e, adj., (—s) blue. Avoir les yeux —s; to be blue-eyed. Cordon —; first-rate cook. Conte —; tale of a tub, fairy tale. Il m’a battu tout —; he has beaten me black and blue.
bleu, n.m., (—s) blue, blueness. — de Prusse; Prussian blue. — d’azur; smalt. — de cobalt; cobalt blue. — de ciel; sky blue. Petit —; bad, sourish wine.
bleuâtre, adj., bluish, somewhat blue.
bleuet, n.m. V. bluet.